Whit's Knee - Update part two

[whittles]

My mom's college friend has a brother who's an orthopedic surgeon in SF, so today we had a phone consult with him. He disagreed pretty much down the line with my original doctor's approach and wants me to come in immediately. So now I have a dueling doctors situation. I'm going to go see Dr Stone tomorrow. He wants me to do an MRI. He says knees

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[uloixia]

I'm going to guess that knee surgery and all that will cost something towards 40K. Hospitals aren't cheap. I was wondering, would it be possible to have US doctors take x-rays and to the tests and MRIs and all that jazz, then go to Mexico to have the surgery done by a board certified specialist?

I was looking around on the web and ran into this:
http://www.medicaldiscounts.com/knee_surgery.htm

Just an option maybe.

[phreddiva]

repeating - I'll offer to sing at an event, or donate a performance and a voice lesson to an auction, or all three.

That said, I leave soon and for a month, so only the latter two might work.

Just keep is informed.

[whittles]

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[sparklydevil]

I'm going to be Raffle Wrangler for the fundraiser, so if anyone has items or certificates they would like to donate for a raffle/auction, please contact me at sparkly.devil AT gmail DOT com :)

[bronicablue]

I will, of course, donate stuff. Also though, feel free to let me know anything else I can do to help.

[headlouse]

Personally I'd be a damned more comfortable if my surgeon had an MRI to look at before slicing me open.

[doomkty]

this!
IMO a second opinion is a must in such circumstances, you don't want to leave them any chance to fuck it up!
I know the money aspect is overwhelming as hell, but that'll take care of itself with time... just make sure you get what is needed to have full recovery!